Frank Yallop was the runaway winner of the MLS coach of the year award after guiding the San Jose Earthquakes to the league’s best record just a year after missing the playoffs.

Yallop, 48, dominated the balloting of MLS players, club officials and media. He won 74.1 percent of the club votes, 63.8 percent of the media vote and 58.1 percent of the player vote and earned an easy victory over runner-up Peter Vermes of Sporting Kansas City. D.C. United’s Ben Olsen finished third, followed by the Chicago Fire’s Frank Klopas and Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid.

Yallop also won the award in ’01, the year he guided San Jose to its first MLS Cup championship. After winning a second league title two years later, he left the league to take over as Canada’s national team coach. Born in England, Yallop grew up in Vancouver and played 52 times for Canada.